Patient Care Tech (CNA) - Maternity

Priorities and Responsibilities

• Prioritize and deliver basic patient care, including toileting, bathing, linen and clothing changes, fresh water and ice, ambulating, comfort measures, and other patient needs.
• Provide excellent customer service when responding to patient and family requests.
• Reports and records patient care findings and data in a timely manner.
• Reports changes in the patient condition quickly and secures qualified assistance as needed.
• May perform telemetry duties as required based on the unit, and function as a patient care attendant by monitoring patients, addressing patient care needs, and collaborating with other members of the patient care team as required.
• Transport medications from the delivery system to the RN as required when working on a clinical unit.
• Collaborate and consult with the RN and other members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient care.
• May assume the responsibilities of a health unit coordinator, including answering phones, transcribing physician orders, managing unit records, organizing, stocking, and maintaining unit supplies.
• Implements plan of care as delegated.
• Performs assigned duties within Scope of Practice.
• Performs specialized procedures with skill validation and according to regulatory standards.
• Fosters a safe environment by complying with the safety policy and taking appropriate action in an emergency.

Essential Functions

• Patient Care Delivery
• Reports and Records
• Telemetry Duties
• Transport Medications
• Clinical Collaboration
• Health Unit Coordinator Duties
• Plan of Care Implementation
• Specialized Procedures
• Safety Compliance

Qualifications

• Current Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA) in the state of practice.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• Demonstrated basic computer literacy skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• One (1) year CNA experience, preferably in a hospital setting.
• Completion of a recent Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program.
• Completion of a Fundamentals of Nursing Course.
• Current enrollment in nursing school program.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
• Walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.
• Navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.).
• Stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
• Drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Benefits

• Health
• Vision
• Dental
• 401(K)
• Education Assistance
• More!

Pay and Schedule

• Starting at $18.40+ (based on patient care experience).
• Shift differential pay for evenings, nights, weekends!